Global health

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The study of the health status of populations across the world and the factors that determine health outcomes.

Epidemiology: The study of the distribution and determinants of health and diseases in populations and their patterns of occurrence.
Health Systems: The organization and delivery of health services, including health care delivery systems, financing mechanisms, and regulatory structures.
International Health Policy: The development, implementation, and evaluation of policies that affect health outcomes and health systems in different countries.
Global Health Diplomacy: The use of diplomatic tools to promote global health initiatives and the resolution of global health issues.
Health Equity: The concept of ensuring that all people have access to the same opportunities to achieve optimal health outcomes.
Health and Social Justice: The intersection of health and social justice issues, including issues related to race, class, gender, and human rights.
Infectious Diseases: Diseases caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that spread from person to person.
Non-Communicable Diseases: Diseases that do not spread from person to person, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, and are typically caused by lifestyle and environmental factors.
Environmental Health: The study of the interactions between the environment and human health, including identifying, preventing, and controlling environmental hazards.
Health Communication: The study of the communication strategies and tools used to educate and inform people about health issues and promote behavioral changes.
Health Promotion: The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and improve their health outcomes, through education, awareness, and policy change.
Aging and Health: The study of the health issues that arise as people age, including chronic diseases, disability, and mental health concerns.
Maternal and Child Health: The study of the health issues that affect women and children, including pregnancy, childbirth, infant mortality, and child nutrition and development.
Global Mental Health: The study of the mental health issues that affect people around the world, including depression, anxiety, and trauma.
Humanitarian Health: The provision of health services in emergency and crisis situations, including humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
Infectious Disease Control: It entails the concern for preventing and managing diseases that are transmitted from one person to another.
Reproductive Health: It is concerned with aspects of sexual, reproductive processes, functions, and systems at all stages of life, which includes fertility, contraception, family planning, maternal health, and sexually transmitted infections.
Nutrition: It encompasses the practice of consuming essential food in enough quantity and with the correct proportion of nutrients.
Universal Healthcare Coverage: It is a system that provides affordable health services to all individuals irrespective of their income levels and social status.
Mental Health: It deals with the psychological and emotional well being of an individual and providing care and treatment of mental health disorders.
Non-Communicable Diseases: Chronic health conditions like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer can broadly fall under this category.
Environmental Health: It deals with investigating and evaluating environmental and occupational-related risks to health.
Health Systems and Policies: It emphasizes the development and implementation of effective health policies and promoting the sustainable functioning of healthcare systems.
Emergency Medicine: It is concerned with timely treatment of life-threatening conditions that occur as a result of acute illness or injury.
Global Health Ethics: It advocates for upholding ethical principles in healthcare practices and research by respecting individual rights, principles of justice, and dignity.
Disaster Management: This specialty area of global health focuses on reducing disaster risk, preparing for and responding to disasters, and assisting in recovery efforts.
- "Global health policy is the analysis of global health information to inform policymaking."
- "This can include parameters for interventions, health mandates, and government initiatives."
- "There are a number of issues that impact the effectiveness of policy implementation."
- "Policymakers take into consideration a number of inequities including- but not limited to- social determinants of health and globalization efforts."
- "The analysis of global health information is to inform policymaking."
- "Parameters for interventions, health mandates, and government initiatives are included."
- "A number of issues impact the effectiveness of policy implementation."
- "Policymakers take into consideration social determinants of health."
- "Policymakers take into consideration inequities including social determinants of health and globalization efforts."
- "Global health policy provides parameters for interventions."
- "Health mandates are influenced by policymaking."
- "Government initiatives can be part of global health policy."
- "The analysis of global health information informs policymaking."
- "Issues impacting the effectiveness of policy implementation can arise."
- "Globalization efforts are among the inequities considered in policymaking."
- "Policymakers take into consideration social determinants of health."
- "Health mandates are informed by global health policy."
- "Policymakers consider inequities, including social determinants of health and globalization efforts."
- "Government initiatives can be part of global health policy."
- The goal of global health policy is to inform policymaking.